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What are some of the more compelling use cases for plug computers?
Are plug computers useful for anything besides network-attached storage?
I know that you can hang a bunch of drives off them, maybe set up your own web server. But those uses hav …
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Can you base a computer around a 32-bit microcontroller?
We all have(mostly) 32-bit machines at our homes. But the 32-bit machines have a microprocessor in them. I was reading an article about the ARM Cortex. Its a 32-bit microcontroller …
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Non-metal cases.
This question is really aimed at computer cases, but I suppose it also applies to other PCB cases. Most of the Computer cases I come across are aluminium, or else some other metal; …
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Reusing laptop monitors
Hi,
I have a 17" laptop monitor with a 1920x1200 (WUXGA I beleive it's called? or just UXGA?) resolution which I simply love. Now, assuming the laptop dies before the monitor does …
